# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 72) - Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号 - English title "Employees' Pension Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 72)（遺族厚生年金の支給要件の特例） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十二条（遺族厚生年金の支給要件の特例） — Special Provisions on Requirements for Payment of an Employees' Pension for Surviving Family caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3601-34/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72 **第一項** 旧厚生年金保険法別表第一に定める一級又は二級の障害の状態にある同法による障害年金の受給権者、厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格を喪失した後に厚生年金保険の被保険者であつた間に発した傷病（施行日前に発したものに限る。）により初診日から起算して五年を経過する日前に死亡した者、大正十五年四月一日以前に生まれた者であつて同法第四十二条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに規定する被保険者期間を満たしているものその他の者であつて政令で定めるものが、施行日以後に死亡した場合における遺族厚生年金の支給に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-1 Necessary transitional measures concerning payment of an employees' pension for surviving family in the case where a beneficiary of a disability pension under the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act who is in a state of disability of Grade 1 or Grade 2 as provided for in Appended Table 1 of that Act, a person who, after losing the status of an insured under employees' pension insurance, died of an injury or illness that arose while the person was an insured under employees' pension insurance (limited to one that arose before the Effective Date) before the day on which five years elapse counting from the day of initial examination, a person born on or before April 1, 1926 who satisfies the insured period prescribed in any of Article 42, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) of that Act, or any other person specified by Cabinet Order dies on or after the Effective Date are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第二項** 平成八年四月一日前に死亡した者の死亡について新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項第一号中「であること」とあるのは、「であるか、又は障害等級の一級若しくは二級に該当する障害の状態にあること」とする。 suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 In applying the provisions of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act to the death of a person who died before April 1, 1996, the phrase "being 55 years of age or older" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "being 55 years of age or older, or having a disability classified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades". machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定により読み替えられた新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項に規定する遺族に対する遺族厚生年金の失権については、旧厚生年金保険法第六十三条第三項の規定は、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、同項中「別表第一に定める一級又は二級の」とあるのは「障害等級の一級又は二級に該当する」と、「六十歳」とあるのは「五十五歳」と読み替えるものとする。 suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3 With regard to the cessation of an employees' pension for surviving family for the surviving family member prescribed in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act as read pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (3) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act remain in force. In this case, the phrase "Grade 1 or Grade 2 as provided for in Appended Table 1" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "classified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades", and the phrase "60 years of age" with "55 years of age". machine translation, not official **第四項** 第二項の規定により読み替えられた新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項に規定する遺族である夫、父母又は祖父母が遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した当時から引き続き障害等級の一級又は二級に該当する障害の状態にある間は、その者については、同法第六十五条の二の規定は適用しない。 suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4 While a husband, parent or grandparent who is a surviving family member prescribed in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) has been continuously in a state of disability classified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades since the time the person acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family, the provisions of Article 65-2 of that Act do not apply to that person. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2: 新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2: 同項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項第一号 (Article 59, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-59/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1/item-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 72, paragraph (2)), suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3: 新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 72, paragraph (2)), suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-2 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4: 新厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4: 同法第六十五条の二 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十五条の二 (Article 65-2), art-65-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-65-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-65-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十二条第三項（遺族厚生年金の支給要件の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十二条第四項（遺族厚生年金の支給要件の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-72/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-034, translated 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-035, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13